REFINANCING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

refinancing

verb

present participle of refinance

as in financing

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defunding

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Verb

Roughly one in four buyers financing their purchases are getting 84-month loans — a record.

— Robert Ferris, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Black Label is financing and producing with Teller’s Lime Tree Productions and Swab’s Milk Boy.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of financing

Verb

Instead, the authors argue public money could have more leverage by underwriting risks that commercial markets currently will not.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Anthropic, a powerhouse AI company that could be valued at $2 trillion, is expected to go public this year, creating another major opportunity for Wall Street banks to haul in fees from underwriting and trading activity.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of underwriting

Verb

Billionaires such as Google co-founder Sergey Brin have donated millions to Building a Better California, a group funding ads against the wealth tax proposal.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Authorities from the semi-autonomous Somali Puntland region tie piracy to the Al Shabaab, which could be funding their efforts.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

Edwards previously pleaded guilty to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return on March 25, court records show.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
Mercury followed suit later that month, aiding Venus’ soul-searching with its thorough detective work.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of aiding

Verb

Huerta, a labor leader who is most known advocating for farmworkers rights alongside activist Cesar Chavez, was instrumental in creating the United Farm Workers union and earned numerous humanitarian awards for her accomplishments.

— Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
The group holds in-person events, and Nabiha can be spotted on college campuses in a blow-up unicorn costume advocating for Bass.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of advocating

Verb

El-Sayed’s former primary opponent, Haley Stevens, upended the race by endorsing Rogers, renewing focus on tensions over Israel and the party’s direction.

— Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
In a sign of the campaign's competitiveness, many of Iowa's prominent industry groups in agriculture and business declined to weigh in on the contest, endorsing in other contests but not the governor's race.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of endorsing

Verb

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ statement backing El-Sayed after the flap did not mention Stevens, a member of his caucus, by name.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The Times report was based on interviews with her former campaign manager, texts and contributions from a political group backing Peltola to an out-of-state Democratic consultant who recruited the second Sullivan.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of backing

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